Rs 59 cr for lion conservation

IANS | Feb 9, 2019, 06.15 AM IST

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With the aim to protect and conserve the world’s last ranging free population of Asiatic Lions, the Ministry of Environment on Friday launched a three-year Asiatic Lion Conservation Project in collaboration with Gujarat. The project, at an estimated cost of Rs 98 crore, for which the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has allocated Rs 59 crore to Gujarat’s Gir sanctuary, will span over three financial years -- 2018- 2019, 2019-2020 and 2020-2021.